Individuals Caught in Crossfire
Of Duo's Battle on Chromatics

By

Karen Damato Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated July 10, 1998 12:58 a.m. ET

Florida stockbroker Alan "Skip" Davidson and his wife recently fled their home for five days to avoid a barrage of obscenity-laced phone calls -- including death threats -- that he says was unleashed by an adversary who goes by the moniker "Mr. Pink."

It's just one chapter in an odd and disturbing tale of small-stock investing in the Internet era.